Carbon trading law and practice
By: Scott D. Deatherage
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780199732210
Subjects: Carbon offsetting; Law and legislation; Emissions trading
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude to regulation-the development of climate change science; title: The emergence of emissions trading concepts; title: Fundamentals of cap and trade; title: International law; title: The European Union emissions trading scheme; title: Emissions programs among other Kyoto countries; title: The emergence of national and international carbon markets; title: Developing laws in the United States-state laws; title: Developing United States law-the courts; title: Developing United States law-the Environmental Protection Agency; title: Developing United States law-congress and proposed federal climate change legislation; title: Carbon credit project types and methodologies; title: Carbon credit project development; title: Carbon finance; title: Other environmental attributes, including renewable engergy credits and energy efficiency credits; title: Ecosystem services : wetlands and biodiversity credits; title: Water credits; title: Government incentives for renewable energy and other types of projects that generate carbon credits; title: Fundamentals of carbon trading; title: Contractual issues in carbon trading in the primary market; title: The "carbon ledger" and carbon credit accounting; title: Climate risk disclosure.